Pluspetrol: There is enough gas in Camisea to supply all of Peru twice

Adrián Vila, general manager of Pluspetrol, the operating company of the Camisea Consortium, said that there is enough natural gas in the field to supply “twice all of Peru.”

During President Pedro Castillo’s visit to the Malvinas Gas Plant, in the Megantoni district, Cusco province of La Convencion, Vila assured that, from the consortium made up of Sonatrach, Hunt Oil Company, Repsol, Tecpetrol, SK Innovation and Pluspetrol, they will support the Government’s efforts to promote the massification of natural gas.

“We have enough natural gas in the country. About 25% of the production is reinjected, that is, it is returned to the well. This amount would make it possible to supply natural gas twice to all of Peru ”, he remarked.

In this sense, the executive noted that Camisea develops initiatives such as “Natural Gas for Vehicle Use (NGV) in Cusco”, where the company, in coordination with the Regional Government, finances the provision of NGV for three gas centers, of which one already It is in operation in the San Jerónimo district.

“During the visit we expressed our commitment to support any initiative that seeks the massification of natural gas. As a producer of the resource, we want the families of Peru to benefit from energy, which is cleaner and cheaper than other fuels, and also contributes to the environment ”, said the Pluspetrol representative.

In addition, he recalled that the State is the main partner of the consortium, since it is the buyer of at least two-thirds of all the natural gas of Camisea, for which he welcomed the interest of President Pedro Castillo for a change of turn in policies of overcrowding.

“We consider that the State is our main partner, because it receives around 65% of the income generated by the Camisea Consortium, and it is very positive that it shows interest and commitment to promote the massification of natural gas,” he concluded.

The data

• Camisea is the most important gas field in the country and one of the most important in Latin America. It has a production of 1,600 million cubic feet per day (mmdpd), of which 600 mmdpd is directed to domestic consumption, a similar amount is exported and 400 mmdpd is reinjected into the field.
• This year the company signed an agreement with the State for the Promotion and Development of the Use of Liquefied Natural Vehicle Gas (GNV-L), which provided a promotional price for the fuel in order to promote its use in urban, interprovincial transport. , cargo, passengers and mining trucks, among other uses.
• The Camisea Consortium implemented the Camisea NGV Use Promotion Program, with a fund of US $ 39 million, to get carriers and companies in the Lima and Callao sector to pay for the purchase of buses and trucks that run on natural gas for vehicles.